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Agents and landlords ‘will not get dedicated housing courts’
MPs on an influential select committee had supported suggestions dedicated housing courts are desperately needed.
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Industry leaders say Ministers ‘making rental crisis worse’
The NRLA and Propertymark say tax hikes that deter landlords must be reversed to prevent rents from rocketing even higher.
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Gove seeks to calm landlord nerves ahead of reform bill
Housing secretary says "you can’t have an effective housing market, or provision of the homes we need, without a variety of tenure types".
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Private landlords downsize in record numbers, NRLA reveals
The NRLA says 12% of landlords sold properties in a three month period this year.
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Adam Walker
Is the buy-to-let sector doomed?
Contrary to current headlines, Adam Walker says the expected exodus of landlords may not necessarily be the outcome of the economic and regulatory strictures.
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Nigel Lewis
The Renters (Reform) Bill in focus
Nigel Lewis looks at the proposed legislation through the long lens of a beer glass...
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Michael Gove: Private landlords are ‘vital’ for the rented sector
Housing Secretary says landlords provide tenants “with flexibility and choice, and the value for money options that go with them”.
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Features
PRS regulation update
The Select Committee scrutinising the so-called ‘Renters’ Reform Bill’ White Paper has reported. David Callaghan summarises the key comments from MPs and industry stakeholders.
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Nigel Lewis
Comment: Rent controls and politics
The private rented sector is the focus of conflicting political aims, which are causing confusion and very possibly, rent controls, says Nigel Lewis.
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Renters being forced out of London, Foxtons boss warns
Guy Gittins says a lack of available properties means tenants have to look outside of the capital for their next home.
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